Union calls proposed CSCU faculty contract Draconian. State says union is being whiny.
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Shouting their demands for a fair contract, students and faculty from Connecticut State Universities demonstrate outside the Connecticut Board of Regents board room Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, as Board of Regents/CSCU System President Mark E. Ojakian enters the building for a meeting of the regents.Mark Mirko / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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University faculty speak out at Central Connecticut State University. Oct. 21, 2020. New Britain.contributed /Show MoreShow Less
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In-person classes started in September at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Contract negotiations between faculty members and administrations are supposed to happen quietly, out of the public eye. But the faculty union for four state universities in Connecticut says its talks have started out so poorly that it must speak out against the university system’s “draconian” proposals.
A draft contract put forth by the university eliminates procedural protections regarding academic freedom, terminations and retrenchment; faculty ownership of original online course materials and the right to teach them; conference, travel and research funds; universitywide tenure committees; and privacy and grievance policies for personnel files.
The university system also wants to increase teaching loads from 12 credit hours per semester to 15 and pilot changing the academic calendar from two to three terms, with faculty members required to teach for two such terms annually.